Interfacing TETRIX/NXT HiTechnic Motor controller to myRIO

[Swillis]

I am an Adjunct instructor at a Junior College.
We are implementing the Intelitek "Advanced Engineering with myRIO" curriculum.
This is a brand new program and we have received the software, course materials
and the myRIO controller but it will be close to mid term before we get the
rest of the hardware based on the TETRIX Prime robotic platform and interface
board.

I have borrowed an older TETRIX kit from a local High School that was used with
the LEGO NXT and it hast the HiTechnic Motor controller with the NXT connector
interface.
What I am wanting to do to get the student started (we just had the 2nd week
meeting of a 14 week course) is take the motor controller with the NXT cable
and interface it to the I2C interface on the myRIO.

I had found online a German site that has a board that will directly connect
the NXT sensors to a myRIO.

I was wondering if you have any VIs that might help met get this working
quickly, even the code details from the NXT version of Labview for the Tetrix
controllers would probably help.

Thanks in advance

Scott Willis

[Sil.VI]

Hi Swillis,

Unfortunately we do not have an specific library to communicate with the Tetrix controllers. The following link, contains information related to the NI LabVIEW Module for LEGO® MINDSTORMS®, but it is not supported and will not necessarily work fine for the myRIO programming.

Regards

[Swillis]

Thanks s.jimenez, I got the NXT plugin for 2014. Hoping it might give me some insite into creating VIs and blocks for the Tetrix and myRIO.

Scott